Matthew 15:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?”
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“Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he answering said to them, `Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 15:3 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 7:3Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
- Mark 7:6Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
- Mark 7:13Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
- Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
- Colossians 2:23Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
- Titus 1:14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
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